Qutb ad-Din Mawdud

Qutb ad-Din Mawdud (1120-6 September 1170) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul from 1149 to 1170, succeeding Saif ad-Din Ghazi I and preceding Ghazi II Saif ud-Din.

Biography
Qutb ad-Din Mawdud was born in 1120, the son of Emir Saif ad-Din Ghazi I of Mosul, nephew of Emir Nur ad-Din of Aleppo, and grandson of Sultan Imad ad-Din Zengi of the Zengid dynasty. He received the emirate of Homs on his grandfather's death in 1146, and he was recognized as Emir of Mosul on his father's death in 1149. His uncle Nur ad-Din occupied Homs and Sinjar with the goal of conquering his nephew's lands, but Mawdud helped Nur ad-Din's general Shirkuh in launching a diversionary attack on the Principality of Antioch to draw the crusaders away from Egypt in 1164. In 1168, he failed to take Hasankeyf from Emir Kara Arslan, who was allied to Nur ad-Din, and he died in 1170. His son Ghazi II Saif ud-Din succeeded him as emir of Mosul.